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It was the lullaby that tuned in the air as it flowed transversely in the castle in a soothing tune that made young Thor walk towards the source of the lullaby. The golden prince, not older than four years old, made an abrupt stop in front of his parents' bedchamber. His small fingers pushed the door open as his head took a peek inside the dim room.
There at the midst of the room on the huge red satin bed was his dearest mother - and she seemed to be humming a song she used to sing to him. Thor's curiosity perked when he noticed the small bundle wrapped protectively in his mother's arms. If that didn't confuse him, the loving gaze the queen poured at the tiny bundle certainly did.
"Mother?" Thor's hush voice stole Frigga's concentration. For the very first time on that day, her eyes strayed away from the treasure in her embrace when she looked at his first son.
"Thor, my child." she smiled. "Come here. Mother wishes to show you someone."
Someone? Thor blinked. His petite fingers curled in the hem of his garment. He obeyed and sauntered slowly towards his mother. He climbed on the bed. Gently, as not to alert his mother. Cautiously, when he finally realized what stayed hidden in the queen arms' was no other than an infant.
Thor's eyes darkened.
"Mother, what is this?" he pointedly asked. Frigga didn't favor the tone in her son's voice. Not even a bit. "He's not a 'what'Thor." She chastised. In a swift second, her expression softened by the hurt look on the golden prince's face. "He's a family." she combed her long fingers through her son's sun-kissed locks. "He's your little brother."
Silence.
"What?" Thor blinked twice.
His glance cast downward at the babe. So small, so unbelievably fragile-looking. Although he wouldn't admit it, Thor feared the infant would break down even with the simplest touch. Regardless of that, this was his little brother? Did mother bring him the same way she brought Thor into this world?
Being an innocent child, he had zero knowledge of where babies came from. However, for the moment, he couldn't...accept this news.
"Mother, I don-"
"Hold him. Hold Loki." Frigga offered the baby to Thor. She could well detect the uncertainty in him.
Loki...
He had no idea what came over him, but the moment he took Loki from his mother, cradling his little brother closer to his chest - the uncertainty washed away by affection and protectiveness.
Frigga smiled.
Thor grinned.
Baby Loki yawned...and hiccupped.
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Written by Wookie